Berlin, 03 December 2025 – European Bioplastics concludes its 20th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference - two days of insightful presentations, panel discussions, networking, and market data analysis. More than 320 participants gathered in Berlin and online to attend the 20th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference, EBC25. The conference took place in [...]
Open the document Continuous growth: global production capacities of biobased plastics 2025-2030 Global biobased plastics production capacity currently represents roughly 0.5% of the 431 million tonnes* of plastics produced annually. Global plastics production is maintaining its upward trajectory, supported by expanding end-use industries and innovation in material performance. Within this momentum, bioplastics continue [...]
Berlin, 2 December 2025 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) unveiled its Bioplastics Market Development Update 2025 at EBC25 in Berlin, presenting new data that confirms the continued global expansion of biobased plastics production and their growing role in the transition to a sustainable, circular economy. According to the report, global biobased plastics production capacity is [...]
Brussels, 27 November 2025 – EU Commission embeds biobased plastics in a coherent PPWR framework and prepares legally binding targets – signaling that biobased plastics are now an active priority of EU industrial policy. European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the European Commission’s new Bioeconomy Strategy, which confirms – more clearly than ever – that biobased [...]
Open the document European Bioplastics, within the framework of the BIO4COAT project, has recently organised an online workshop on the topic of Circular, Sustainable and Biobased Coatings: How to Apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework, featuring the contributions of four outstanding experts working on the SSbD framework. The workshop was held on [...]
European Bioplastics, within the framework of the BIO4COAT project, has recently organised an online workshop on the topic of Circular, Sustainable and Biobased Coatings: How to Apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework, featuring the contributions of four outstanding experts working on the SSbD framework. The workshop was held on 18 November 2025 [...]
Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP), representing the bioplastics value chain in Europe, welcomes the European Commission’s upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA) as a cornerstone legislative file to accelerate Europe’s transition towards a resilient, resource-efficient, climate-neutral, and competitive bioeconomy. The CEA provides a unique opportunity to align Europe’s circularity objectives with the defossilisation [...]
Open the document Since its foundation in 1993, European Bioplastics (former IBAW) has been committed to the establishment of a legal and technical framework for supporting the introduction of bioplastics to the market. The association is the owner of the Seedling mark, which is protected by trademark law. This mark is widely acknowledged, and [...]
Open the document Bioplastics encompass a family of different materials that are biobased, biodegradable, or both. ‘Biobased’ means plastic wholly or partly derived from biomass. ‘Biodegradable’ refers to a biochemical metabolisation process during which micro-organisms available in the environment convert materials into natural substances such as water, carbon dioxide, and biomass. The purpose [...]
EUBP is excited to share the provisional programme for EBC25, taking place on 02–03 December 2025 in Berlin and online. Download the conference agenda here. The conference will showcase how biopolymers are driving sustainability, resource efficiency, and innovation, covering topics such as policy developments, the European bioeconomy, global market trends, recycling, circular solutions, and high-performance [...]
